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Camera wizard moves in
INTERNATIONAL photographer Tom Murray is set to bring a touch of Hollywood chic and New York pizzazz to the city of Oxford. He has recently returned to the UK after working in New York and Los Angeles, where his list of portrait sitters included Elizabeth
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Raid on post office sparks police hunt
A raid on a post office at Wootton, near Woodstock, sparked a major hunt around the village last night. A police helicopter and sniffer dogs were called in after a man threatened post mistress Ann Day, 54. He fled with an unknown amount of cash, after
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OAP's dog killed lamb
A pensioner's dog killed a lamb and injured another while she was taking it for a walk along a bridleway. Joy Robinson, 61, of Greenwich Lane, Leafield, was given a conditional discharge for a year by Witney Magistrates' Court after admitting allowing
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Hospital battle goes on
A patients' watchdog is challenging moves to close two community hospitals in Oxfordshire and cut beds at others. The Community Heath Council will appeal directly to the Government if the health authority formally agrees on Wednesday to close Burford
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TV man took child porn off Internet
TV repair man Michael Wines, who pleaded guilty to downloading child pornography material from the Internet, told the Oxford Mail: "I'm not a paedophile". Wines, 41, formerly of Ravenscroft, Langley Village, Bicester, but now living in Graham Street,
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Taylor's all tied up
LIZZIE Jelfs won seven successive points in a second set tie-break to win the battle of Oxfordshire at the LTA Satellite tennis tournament at Frinton-on-Sea yesterday. Banbury friend and rival, Claire Taylor, was the girl on the receiving end after a
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Guy says thank you with roses
Guy Stringer is travelling to Belgium to repay an act of kindness shown to his heartbroken dad more than 80 years ago. Mr Stringer, 77, was deeply moved to learn how a farming family consoled his father when his brother, Mr Stringer's uncle, was killed
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Airbase bomb-store needed for fireworks
Fireworks companies want to use more bomb shelters at the former airbase at Upper Heyford in preparation for Millennium celebrations. Four firms store fireworks in former ammunition stores at Heyford Park, the former RAF base. As they gear up for an explosive
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Internet first, say United
OXFORD United say they are planning new ways to manage information coming out of the club. The move comes in response to criticism in the Oxford Mail that the club are being secretive by not disclosing where the money is coming from to pay for £475,000
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Ace Hammill is the Hero
Swindon 38, Oxford 52 By JOHN GAISFORD FORMER world champion Billy Hamill stole centre stage with a brilliant performance as Gresham Cheetahs thrashed their local rivals in a humdinger of a local derby at the Abbey Stadium last night. The Californian,
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Judge slashes nurse's back injury damages
A former nurse claiming £600,000 damages for a back injury wept as a judge ruled that her symptoms were all in her mind. Christine Pollitt, 53, said she sustained a career-wrecking back injury moving an 18-stone patient at Oxford's Radcliffe Infirmary
